Coelacanth (Latimeria spp.)

Containing taxa: Animalia » Chordata » Osteichthyes » Sarcopterygii » Coelacanthiformes

Photoreceptors:
Receptor Opsin λmax Filter λmax Filter λ50% Recep. λmax
LW rod485nm485nm
SW rod479nm479nm


Opponent processes:
Description (+) Terminus (-) Terminus Mode
Luminance (scotopic)
SW rod
LW rod
  Scotopic
LW rod - SW rod
525nm - 487nm - 448nm
 
LW rod SW rod Scotopic

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Notes and References:

Yokoyama S., Tada T. (2000) Adaptive evolution of the African and Indonesian coelacanths to deep-sea environments. Gene, 261(1), 30 December 2000, pp. 35-42, ISSN 0378-1119, doi:10.1016/S0378-1119(00)00474-1

Warrant E.J., Nilsson D.-E. (1998) Absorption of White Light in Photoreceptors. Vision Res., Vol. 38, No. 2, pp. 195-207. PII: S0042-6989(97)00151-X

Stavenga D., Smits R.P., Hoenders B.J. (1993) Simple Exponential Functions Describing the Absorbance Bands of Visual Pigment Spectra. Vision Res. 33(8) pp. 1011-1017. doi:10.1016/0042-6989(93)90237-Q



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